The regular staff members at the FAO Representation in India

Mr Takayuki Hagiwara

FAO Representative in India

Hagiwara, Takayuki joined FAO in 2003 and is currently working as the FAO Representative in India. He was earlier the Regional Programme Leader at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. He has been working as a natural resources management specialist for over 25 years. During his career, he spent 17 years at the FAO Investment Centre where FAO provides technical assistance to World Bank and IFAD projects. He has prepared and implemented various projects including community-based natural resources management and livelihood development. He has conducted a number of trainings and published a farmer field school implementation guide based on his practical experiences in the field. He was the lead technical officer on the Sustainable Livelihood Development Project in Kenya’s Mau Forest Complex, which received FAO’s Edouard Saouma Award in 2013. He holds a master’s degree from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Languages: English, Spanish and Japanese

Dr Konda Reddy Chavva
Assistant FAOR (Programme)

Ms Sonia Bhalla
Assistant FAOR (Administration)

Mr PV. Sunil
Field Programme Associate

Mr Ravi Tanwar
Office Assistant

Mr Ganga Ram
Office Assistant